Category: Visual Arts

  • Eighth graders pay tribute to Bob Ross in time for his birthday

    ENCINITAS — Eighth grade visual art students at The Grauer School paid homage to Bob Ross with a series of landscape paintings in preparation for the late, legendary artist’s birthday on Oct. 29. The class created their Ross-inspired paintings by pausing, rewinding and re-watching sections of a 30-minute video in which Ross demonstrates his painting…

  • Es Devlin wins Eugene McDermott award from MIT for outstanding stage design and art work

    Es Devlin wins Eugene McDermott award from MIT for outstanding stage design and art work

    Es Devlin, renowned for her work in stage design and public sculpture, has been awarded the 2025 Eugene McDermott Award in the Arts at MIT. This honor celebrates innovative artists across various fields and interdisciplinary practices. In the past it has recognized the work of architects, composers, sculptors, and other creatives. Along with a $100,000…

  • Generational Memory and Labor are Focus of New Hương Ngô Exhibition

    Generational Memory and Labor are Focus of New Hương Ngô Exhibition

    This article was originally published in UCSB’s ‘The Current‘.  At the edge of a body of water, artist Hương Ngô reflected on her family’s experiences living in refugee camps in Hong Kong, and created a series of cyanotypes from just sunlight and water.  “They are images of the weather and waves of the day,” said Ngô, a…

  • Citrus art teachers to showcase work at exhibit

    Citrus art teachers to showcase work at exhibit

    vShe is currently working on a piece to process grief from the recent loss of a loved one. “I use my work to process things that would be overwhelming,” Leisure said. “I use my art as a tool to work through things like that.” This mixed media work by Lecanto High art teacher Erika DiGirolamo…

  • Lacey Jane Wilburn shares her passion for art as a teacher

    Lacey Jane Wilburn shares her passion for art as a teacher

    The circumstances of Lacey Jane Wilburn’s arrival in Whistler are serendipitous—both for her and for the local arts community.  Wilburn’s partner lives in Creekside. She thought about moving from Vancouver to the Sea to Sky for that relationship, but needed to find a studio in town. One February day in 2023, the couple saw a sign…

  • Crass Artist’s Subversive Zine Work Flips Off San Francisco Center for the Book

    Crass Artist’s Subversive Zine Work Flips Off San Francisco Center for the Book

    The last was designed by David King, a British experimental artist, graphic designer and musician. He moved from England to New York City in 1977, before relocating to San Francisco three years later. Here, he made art and zines, performed in bands (including Brain Rust) and attended the San Francisco Art Institute. King died in…

  • ART BEAT: Hudgens Center Celebrates Work And Career Of Artist Kathy Fincher

    ART BEAT: Hudgens Center Celebrates Work And Career Of Artist Kathy Fincher

    Leonardo da Vinci was considered a “Renaissance Man” for his magnificent art, scientific studies and diverse intellect. The Hudgens Center’s next exhibition will feature the work of another artist who has been heralded for her visual art and many other achievements. Her life has been packed with adventure, art, VIP encounters and an incredible love…

  • Ahrens, Vale, Van Dyck Murphy named Exhibit Columbus research fellows

    Ahrens, Vale, Van Dyck Murphy named Exhibit Columbus research fellows

    Ahrens (left), Vale and Van Dyck Murphy Three faculty members from WashU’s Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts — Chandler Ahrens, Constance Vale and Kelley Van Dyck Murphy — have been named University Design Research Fellows for the 2024-25 cycle of Exhibit Columbus. Launched in 2016, Exhibit Columbus encompasses exhibitions and symposia that…

  • Arts News October 25, 2024

    Arts News October 25, 2024

    Arts News October 25, 2024 © 2024 KSMU Radio Show Search Play Live Radio Available On Air Stations On Air Now Playing KSMU HD1 On Air Now Playing KSMU HD2 All Streams KSMW 90.3 in West Plains is experiencing technical difficulties and is currently broadcasting at low power. Our engineers are working to resolve the…

  • Touring artists inspire creativity at Kennewick schools

    Touring artists inspire creativity at Kennewick schools

    Ralph Masiello, an illustrator affectionately known as the “Icky Bug Man.” Masiello is renowned for his first illustration book, “The Icky Bug Alphabet Book.” Since embarking on his publishing journey in the 1980s, he has visited over 3,000 schools. Noel Anderson Nonstop Local Weather Anchor/Reporter KENNEWICK, Wash. – Authors and illustrators are on a mission…